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BISMARCK – Governor Kelly Armstrong has proclaimed May 19-26, 2025, as Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week in North Dakota.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is encouraging homeowners to read the tag and research varieties before buying and planting nursery stock for their property.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) and the North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council are seeking proposals for developing and conducting educational programs and materials to help young people understand the importance of agriculture in North Dakota and in their own lives.

BISMARCK – With warmer weather on the way, it is important for the public to be aware of invasive species. Each year, harmful invasive weeds, plant pests and diseases cost the U.S. $40 billion in losses to cropland, grasslands, woody areas, forests and riparian areas, and expensive eradication and control efforts, according to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that applications are now being accepted for county fair resiliency grants. The grants can be used by county agriculture fair associations in the state for the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects. County agriculture fair associations or associations that run or manage a county fair in North Dakota are eligible to apply.

The North Dakota Agriculture in the Classroom Council (AITC) will meet at 1:00 p.m., Friday, May 9, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6^th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.

BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has received confirmation of the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a backyard chicken flock in Stutsman County from the North Dakota State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring issued the following statement today in response to the notice to review and revise Endangered Species Act implementing regulations by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service.

BISMARCK – The public is urged to take note of the recent emergency fire closure order on National Forest System lands within the Little Missouri National Grasslands and Dakota Prairie Grasslands due to severe fire danger.

BISMARCK – The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) is holding a Farm to School video essay contest open to all Bismarck Public Schools fourth grade classrooms. NDDA is producing a Farm to School video this summer that will highlight Farm to School activities in the state and local farms involved in the program. The winning classroom will receive a summer farm field trip and will be featured in the video.